10 Overlooked Movies of 2009
Tired of seeing the same movies on all the top ten of 2009 lists? Grady Hendrix lists his own “highly subjective list of the Top 10 movies (plus two extras) that were overlooked in 2009.”
13: Game of Death
A down on his luck salesman gets a mysterious phone call promising him 100 million baht if he undertakes 13 tasks that go increasingly bad. No fun to live, but really good as a film.
New Zelazny Book
Deceased author Roger Zelazny has a new book out, reaching us all the way from the year 1971. (via SF Signal)
What’s Johnnie To Up To?
You know how Johnnie To said he was taking a break after releasing Sparrow? He didn’t. He’s got two films coming up. I’m nervous about Vengeance starring French actor/singer Johnny Hallyday. I’m excited about Death of a Hostage because of Lau Ching-Wan. (And, yes, that looks like the […]
Bond, Jane Bond
Back in the day, HK studios assumed films with male leads couldn’t cut it in the theaters. So during the 1960s spy era, Hong Kong had Jane Bond films featuring masked spies in catsuits way before Maggie Cheung in Irma Vep. TarsTarkas gathers the resources all in one […]
Now vs. Then
Generally speaking, Romances are divided into two broad groups: contemporary and historical. Those distinctions are somewhat fluid. For instance, although it used to refer to anything set after 1900, ‘contemporary’ now encompasses anything set after World War II. ‘Historical’, meanwhile, covers everything else.
The Cultural Gutter 